Sources used:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-1919
Soldiers Died in the Second World War 1939-1945The First World War Campaign Medals DVD-ROM
AncestryBritish Newspaper Archive
All photographs copyright of Chris Preston, unless otherwise stated
Sacred TO OUR GLORIOUS DEAD
In Grateful Memory OF THE HEROIC SOLDIERS OF THIS HAMLET WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR. 1914 – 1918
“GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN GIVETH HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIEND”.
L.CPL. J. H. CHURM.
SHERWOODS.
PTE. T. H. CHILD.
SHERWOODS.
PTE. J. HADLEY.
SHERWOODS.
PTE. H. NEWMAN.
SHERWOODS.
PTE. J. T. OAKLEY, SHERWOODS.
PTE. H. SMEDLEY, SHERWOODS.
PTE. W. WILKINS, SHERWOODS.
PTE. W. WINNARD.
SHERWOODS.
PTE. J. W. GILLINGS.
SHERWOODS.
PTE. S. MERRICK.
R. FUSILS.
PTE. J. WHITLEY.
R. FUSILS.
PTE. F. TUFFS. R. FUSILS.
PTE. W. LEWIS. R.F.A.
1939 – 1945
PILOT OFFICER GORDON COLLIS
ROYAL AIR FORCE VOLUNTEER RESERVE
PRIVATE JOHN FLETCHER
LEICESTERSHIRE REGIMENT
FLIGHT LIEUTENANT GEOFFREY TONKS
ROYAL AIR FORCE VOLUNTEER RESERVE
GUARDSMAN THOMAS IRESON
SCOTS GUARDS
Sources used:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-1919
Soldiers Died in the Second World War 1939-1945The First World War Campaign Medals DVD-ROM
AncestryBritish Newspaper Archive
All photographs copyright of Chris Preston, unless otherwise stated